The planet’s human population is 50.3% male. Applying that ratio to this World Population Clock, there were 3 466 676 503 fellas on Earth at the time I started drafting this. Our recent posts have canvassed the insights of a small fraction of that cohort – some boys and their dads from Ballarat offered what…
DetailsWhat are the building blocks to adulthood? Can we spot when a young person is stepping up to the next stage of their life? Some Ballarat dads penned some beautiful insights about their boys recently. Young People Step Up in Tough Times Recently when we had a family member pass away, my son was able…
DetailsIn this week’s Good Man series, we are asking what are the characteristics of a good man. Today we tap the insights of some Year 7 boys from a school in Ballarat. At a Time & Space event last month, these young blokes were asked if someone had given them the space to ‘step up’…
DetailsHere are two more short, sharp insights about good men in the view of a couple of dads from Ballarat. My Brother, (name withheld), honoured and loved his wife and showed real integrity watching her die for five years. When my son-in-law came to me telling me he wanted to marry my eldest daughter. A…
DetailsThis week I’m passing on the insights of some Year 7 boys (about 13 years old) and their dads (or mentors) from a school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. In the last blog post, the question was raised, ‘What are the characteristics of a good man?’ Here’s what one dad wrote… I remember as a small…
DetailsI copped a real poser recently – a great question that has seeped into my mind and heart. It went something like this… What are the characteristics of a good man? I was asked this during a phone interview for The Mercury in Tasmania. So many questions shoot off from this. Can’t the same characteristics…
DetailsBumped into a former colleague yesterday – top person. She had just received some bad news that she had missed out on a promotion. Tough when that happens – vulnerability is exposed. In the time I was chatting with her, someone else came up and said, ‘bad luck’. You probably recall a similar experience. You…
DetailsMy Dad and I are pretty different. He’s fine detail, I’m big picture. If you read one of my blog posts and find a typo in it, you can be sure that I haven’t sent it to Dad for a forensic proof-read. He’s read two drafts of this and suggested that I get my ‘dads’…
DetailsDo you ever notice things have changed through some task that you do repeatedly? I had this experience on the weekend. It is part of my household role description to wash the dog. We’ve got a West Highland Terrier named Sno-Joe (my daughter wanted to call him Snowy and my son wanted to call him…
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